Supreme Court of New Jersey

State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Curtis E. Trent, Defendant-Appellant

February 23, 197979 N.J. 251

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed the defendant's convictions and remanded for a new trial because the trial court failed to instruct the jury to restart deliberations after an alternate juror was substituted, a violation of the defendant's right to a fair and impartial jury deliberation.